Asynsis Architecture + Design, horizontal observation wheel in Hong Kong, China

Designed by Nigel Anthony Reading with Aedas and Arup, Asynsis Architecture + Design, horizontal observation wheel is located in Hong Kong, China. It is intended as an icon of sustainability because of its use of renewable wind, tidal and solar energy, and to be carbon neutral by virtue of carbon-offsetting the construction footprint through tree [...]

Tags: Action on climate change, Aedas, Arup, Carbon neutrality, Carbon offset, China, Climate change, Climatology, Eiffel Tower, Environment, Hong Kong, London, Natural Disaster, Nigel Anthony Reading, Paris, tidal and solar energy

Centro di Formazione Professionale in Gordola, Switzerland

Centro di Formazione Professionale that located in Gordola, Switzerland, was designed by Durisch + Nolli Architetti Sagl. Each building is raised from the ground by a series of pillars, creating additional space for car parking and storage thus limiting the structures’ impact on the natural environment. Working with Civil Engineer Jürg Buchli, Mechanical Engineer Tecnoprogetti [...]

Tags: car-parking, Civil Engineer, Construction Physicist IFEC Consulenze SA, Engineer Erisel SA, Gordola, Jürg Buchli, Mechanical Engineer, Shed, Switzerland

Kolkata Metro Railway East-West Corridor in India

Located in  India, Kolkata Metro Railway East-West Corridor was designed by Lee Harris Pomeroy Architects, Construction is currently underway on an immense infrastructure project in India. Lee Harris Pomeroy Architects composed the plans for the Kolkata Metro Railway East-West Corridor to formulate a complex design stretching a total route length of 14.67km – 8km of [...]

Tags: Central Station, EUR, Hospitality/Recreation, Howrah, Howrah station, India, Indian Railways, Kolkata, Kolkata Metro, Lee Harris Pomeroy Architects, Maidan, Rail transport in India, Sealdah, Sealdah Station, Transport in Kolkata, West Bengal

The Russells in Broadway, Worcestershire, United Kingdom

The Russells, located in  Broadway, Worcestershire, United Kingdom, was designed by Lapworth Architects ltd,  were commissioned by Chase Homes to formulate designs for the redevelopment of the former Gordon Russell Works set within the beautiful Cotswold village of Broadway – a recognised World Heritage site. The firm refurbished a selection of 16th century buildings into [...]

Tags: Broadway, Broadway Worcestershire, Chase Homes, GBP, Gordon Russell Works, United Kingdom, Worcestershire

Eight Inscribed Houses and three courtyards in Gran Canaria, Spain

Eight Inscribed Houses and three courtyards  that located in Gran Canaria, Spain, was designed by Romera Y Ruiz Arquitectos formulates a dialogue to formalize the found tensions: between lines and thickness (those offered by the mismatch of alignments and party walls); between inner glances and outer tangencies. Thus, a vertical sequence of broken planes is [...]

Tags: Arts, Gran Canaria, Human behavior, Origami, Paper folding, Spain, Vestibule, Visual arts